Suspender-end



(No Model.)

' A. M. ZIEGLER SUSPBNDER END.

No. 487,041. Patented Nov. 2-9, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUSPEN DER-EN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,041, dated November 29, 1892.

Application filed July 3, 1891. Serial No.398,338. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, of Boston, county of Sufiolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Suspender Ends or Webs, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figure on the drawings representing like parts.

Suspender-ends are now made of various materials. Some are composed of webbing, in which the buttonhole-slit is Woven during the production of the webbing. Others are composed of looped cords secured together to leave an eye of the size desired for the particular button to be engaged. Others are composed of various kinds of cord stitched together, and yet others are composed of leather or of leather and felt.

The object of this invention is the production of a novel and durable suspender end one which shall have all the advantages of the woven web and yet have the combined strength due to the cord. In accordance with my invention a web produced in usual manner is made tubular at its center, and through this tube is extended substantially in the 1ongitudinal center of the tape a cord or cords, which are bent to form eyes or loops to engage a button, said eyes or loops being suitably held firmly together. The web will preferably be produced by weaving in a loom, and its edges will'preferably be woven of one ply, while the central portion to receive the cord willbe of two ply. In order to enable. the ends of the web to be finished neatly, strongly, and cheaply, I leave a portion of the web from selvage to selvage tubular, so that said web, cut through the tubular portion, may have its ends turned in, as will be described, thus concealing the raw edges, and thereafter the ends, suitably tapered, will be united together. The end of the web may project more or less beyond the loop which engages the button.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a suspender-end embodying my invention, the opposite ends of the web therein shown being terminated one near the inner end of the loop and the other near the outer end of the loop, either of which plans may be adopted, as may be desired. Fig. 2 shows a portion of the web embodying my invention, the cord being omitted. Fig. 3 shows two sections of the said web*viz., in the lines 00 00 Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but with the open tubular end inturned and stitched to finish the end of the web, said figure showing the Web as provided with a hole for the cord. Figs. 5 and 6 are modifications of my invention to be described; and Fig. 7 shows the web, Fig. 1, in section in the line 02 Referring to the drawings, A represents a web, preferably a narrow woven tube-like web, the portions a of the web (see Figs. 1 and 3 at the right and Figs. 2 and 4) being made solid or of one thickness, while the 1011- gitudinal central portion of the web, as at b, (see Figs. 2, 3, and 4,) is supposed to be tubular.

Suspender-ends are of substantially the same length, and in their production in accordance with myinvention are provided with a central longitudinal pocket, in which is confined a strong cord 0, one part of which will be bent or shaped to form an eye or loop, and

preferably that part of the web alongside the loop or eye will be made tubular from edge to edge, as inthe left-hand view of Fig. 3 and as shown at the left in Fig. 2.

In the production of the Suspender-end on a loom by Weaving the warp will be mounted and shed, as in the production of elastic or corded fabric, so as to leave in the woven web a longitudinal central pocket 17, into which may be drawn or laid one or more cords c, the ends of which outside the pockets will be made to constitute button-engaging loops or eyes 0 suitable clasps or holders d being used to aid in keeping the loops or eyes in place. Other portions of the Web not inclosing the cord will preferably be made tubular from edge to edge orbe provided with finishingpockets 1), as shown at the left in Fig. 2 and in the left-hand section, Fig. 3. The web so produced and provided with pocketswill be separated into suspender-end lengths through the finishing-pockets. The narrow pocket I) having been provided with suitable slits at e the cord 0 may be drawn therein; but I prefer to lay the cord in the web by weaving, and to do this the cord or cords a will constitute part of the warp mounted in the loom, and when the loop is to be made outside the web too the warp entering into the main part of the fabric and the large cord-warps will be so separated that the cord 0 will be kept away from the other warp and held away while a portion of web for the finishing end is woven of proper length, the cord being at such time drawn off from its supply for a length sufficient for the production of the loops, the length of the end so left outside being preferably over four times the length of the finishing end, for it will be understood that the tubular portions in the web will be long enough for two finishing-pockets, so that when out transversely each half will constitute a finishing-pocket for one extremity of a suspender-end. The floated cord 0 outside the web will also be cut centrally and be bent on itself for the loop or eye.

I may use two cords for greatstrength and durability, as in Fig. 1, or one cord, as in Figs. 5 and 6, and the loops or eyes may be kept closed by suitable clasps (1, preferably of metal, and these clasps may embrace both cords, as in Fig. 1, if two cords are used, orin the case of one cord embrace the latter, as in Fig. 5, or in case the cord is drawn double into pocket I), (see Fig. 6,) instead of being woven into said pocket, the staple d may embrace the cord 0 and also penetrate the web. The particular shape of the metal clamp is immaterial so long as it holds the cord in the form of an eye or loop, and the clamp may embrace only the cord or may take in the cord and part of the web. It is preferable to leave the web longer than the loop or eye, as at the left in Fig. 1, so as to cover the outside of the button engaged by the loop; but instead, if

desired,'the web may be finished near the small part of the loop or eye, as at the right in Fig. 1.

To finish the end of the web,'the finishingpocket having been cut through transversely, as in the line 00 Fig. 2, the operator by the point of a knife or some other suitable blade will turn diagonally inward the edges of the tube, as shown in Fig. 4 and at the left in Fig. 1, and the said triangular points or tabs so left may then be stitched together by a row of stitches, as 2,thus finishing the end of the web smoothly, or said points may be otherwise united.

In the modification Fig. 6 the cord is supposed to have been pulled in through the pocket b after the web was woven; but it is preferred to weave the cord into the web or tube as the latter is being made.

The web herein shown may be used to very considerable advantage in the production of stocking suspenders or supporters, in which case the narrow longitudinal pocket may be omitted and the web made tubular from edge to edge at intervals at points where the ends of the stocking-supporters are terminated, and these ends may be finished, as described, by turning in the end portions of the tubular portion and fastening the same by stitches or by other usual means. By leaving the web tubular at its end and inturning the cut edges the usual binding is obviated and the cost of the suspender is reduced.

Prior to my invention I am aware that neckties have been composed ofa knitted or woven tube which when flattened have portions of their edges so formed turned inwardly toward the center line of the tube to form narrow portions to pass around the neck; but such fabric is not a web, but rather a tube, and it has not selvage edges, and at no portion does it show two plies united to form one ply, leaving selvage edges, and then for another portion of its length having a tubular portion with selvage edges.

1. A suspender end or web consisting of a woven selvage-edged fabric, the edges of the body of the fabric being one-ply, with a two ply central portion and end portions woven tubular from selvage to selvage, such'end portions being applicable for finishing the body portions, substantially as described.

2. A suspender-end having a longitudinal central pocket therein and a tubular finishing-pocket at its end, inturned diagonally at opposite sides, substantially as described.

3. A suspender-end having a longitudinal central pocket and a cord contained therein and presenting a loop or end outside the body of the end to engage a button, substantially as described.

4:. A suspender-end having a longitudinal central pocket therein and a cord contained in said pocket and presenting a loop or eye outside the body of the end to engage a button, and a clamp to aid in holding said loop or eye closed and entering the web, substantially as described.

5. A suspender-end consisting of a woven web having a pocket for the reception of a cord, and a cord in said pocket, the end of the cord being bent and confined in loop form to constitute an eye to engage a button, the end of the woven web beyond the point at which the cord for the eye emerges from it being turned back upon itself to constitute a finish for the suspender-end and obviate the use of independent binding, substantially as described.

6. A suspender-end composed of a Web having a pocket containing a cord, portions of the cord being led out from said pocket to form a loop or eye, and having a portion to overlap the said loop or eye, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED M. ZIEGLER. Witnesses:

GEO. W. GREGORY, EMMA J. BENNETT. 

